i said, "omar." anyway, i've spent a year with omar, and it culminated in him inviting me to his jihad training camp. this was in about 1997, i think. and it turned out to be in a place called crowley, which is a very incongruous location for a jihad training camp. it's kind of near gatwick airport. so we were driven there... c-span: near london. >> guest: yeah, near london. we were driven there, and it was -- it turned out to be a scout hut in a forestry center, with maybe 40 or 50 young jihad trainees beating punch bags, and so on. still -- i mean, no guns, but still not -- not the most comfortable place to be. and omar suddenly hushed the crowd and said, "look at me with an infidel. look at me with jon, who is a jew." and the whole room went, "oh!" and they all-... c-span: how did -- how did he find out? did you tell him? >> guest: well, he -- no, i'd never told him. i'd hidden that from him. he said he knew all along. he could see it in my eyes. i don't know when he discovered i was a jew, but he

generals george marshall, douglas mcarthur, dwight eisenhower, henry arnold and omar bradley who served our country with valor and distinction during the second world war and became household names through their renowned accomplishments. it's a little known fact of which we are all proud that these great men were all graduates of the command general staff college where they received their unique training and education needed to excell in leading our brave service members into battle. since then the college has continued to improve and adapt its training to response to the ever evolving challenges of war. through the specifics the structure may have changed. the honorable mission has not. i, too, am a graduate of and former instruct -- instructor at the college. they received the best military leadership education our nation has to offer and stood in the footsteps of these great men. general george marshall was the army chief of staff under president roosevelt and one of the chief architects of victory for our greatest generation and later served as the third secretary of defense. genera

offered an opportunity for a two-state solution at camp david and most recently with negotiations with omar where reportedly he was prepared to ... host: richard? caller: they refused to move in that direction. so how does those who propose to have a two-state solution, especially on an expedited basis, hope to accomplish that, given those two realities? host: please. guest: there is a good point to make. even if the sentiment issue were to be resolved they won't bring peace or a two-state solution. there are so many other difficulties on the ground. so many issues not dealt with yet regarding foreigners or the final status of jews or the refugee issue. there is a long way to go, even once we solve the sentiment issue. it is true one of the main problems is even if we go forward with the peace talks, who is the palestinian partner we're dealing with right now? is it faizah, more moderate, willing to sit and talk but controls only the west bank. we have to talk with the hamas, a terror group that is firing rockets toward israel? or palestinian authority that controls only part of the land? i

i am not suggesting that omar has developed a taste for pork or osama bin laden has started drinking nor are they about to open a new wing however what i have done over the last five years is to investigate the taliban operation on the ground level. when you start doing that, they start looking more like best. -- in this. antacid do with the way that they earn money. one of the mistakes that the western governments have made that was made in our operations in afghanistan is to underestimate them as religious fanatics who live in caves. we need to start looking at the enormous economic forces that are bankrolling the insurgency that is now spreading rapidly across pakistan not just afghanistan. chose to move through quickly, the taliban has for a long time earned money off of the opium trade in afghanistan. what i found is that since 2001 they have increased their activities the city the drug trade. they collect tax in the southern areas almost 10% of the drug trade similar to your local mafia of that operates this is the tony soprano model comes 10. they force farmers and local resid

newsday and the buffalo news reported in they the 1995 trial of omar abdul rahman, the master mind of the 1993 world trade center bombing, terrorist confederates were planning to break him out of attica state prison in new york. an appeals court brief for the trial detailed the lengths al qaeda operatives would go to to break out of prison. their appeals court brief states, and i quote, mohammed sahid later described to selim a plan to break sayir out of jail he surmised if he and salim or others could get jobs with contractors providing the prison with sanitation or food service and if nasir could get a prison job that would situate him in the appropriate area they might be able to snatch him and hide him in a nearby apartment until it was safe to move him. the brief goes on to discuss several conversations his friends had with him while he was in attica. it talks about plans to murder someone who antagonized his supporters during the trial as well as the trial judge. . i quote, the four-hour meetings in the visiting rooms during which nasir railed at the evils of the united states a

now, i am not suggesting that mullah omar has development taste for pursuit o., nor am i suggesting that osama bin laden has started drinking commodity or nor are they starting to open a new wing of a bada bing. however, what i have done over the last five years or so is to investigate the taliban's operations on the ground level. and when you start doing that, they start looking more like mafioso than mucci hussein. this has to do with the way they earn money. and i think that one of the mistakes that the western governments have made and we made in our operations in afghanistan is to underestimate him as religious fanatics who live in caves. i think we need to start looking at the norma's economic forces bankrolling this insurgency that is now spreading rapidly across pakistan, not just afghanistan. just to move through it quickly, the taliban have for a long time earned money off of the opium trade in afghanistan. and when i found is that since 2001 they have actually increased their activities, vis-À-vis the drugs trade. they collect tax and the southern areas off of the farm output,

think of oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh, shake omar and others to planned the 1993 world trade center bombings. senator graham said recently, " the idea we cannot find a place to securely house 250-plus detainees within the united states is not rational." we have spent billions of dollars on high-security facilities. we can do that. our key facilities are being discussed by the administration, carrying with them the risk of abuse. i suspect that you and president obama will face these issues with the same commitment to our constitution, laws, and values, and the same jet it -- in the same dedication that you have shown so far. i trust you will find a resolution to these problems. another area where we have to come together is the sadly resurgent problem of hate crimes. last week's tragedy at the holocaust museum together with other incidents have made to clear that violence of bias and hatred remains a serious problem with the tragic real-world consequences. senator kennedy and i, together with a strong bipartisan group of co-sponsors across the political spectrum, once again i

andrew mccarthy, a former federal prosecutor who led the 1995 prosecution against shake omar abdul rahman, the blind sikh, found guilty of the 1993 world trade center bombing in an article notes there are several persons connected to care who have been convicted of federal felonies, including terrorism, end of quote. mccarthy includes in this group one of the founding members of re of the dallas area chapter and also co-founder and former chairman of the holy land foundation. according to july 9, 2007, "dallas morning news," report he was sentenced to, quote, nearly seven years in prison for doing business with a terrorist and violating export laws. in a 1994 forum discussion videotaped, care's mr. awad said, quote, i'm in support of the hamas movement. end of quote. care has subsequently sought to discredit this video on its website by saying that this quote was in response to a specific question and that hamas was only designated a, quote, foreign terrorist organization, end of quote, in january, 1995, and did not commit its first wave of suicide bombings until late 1994. after mr. awad

national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national intelligence on january 29, 2009. directors blair has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community and if we are lucky we will give insights from his recent trip which included stops in afghanistan pakistan and singapore. i hope you'll join me tonight in welcoming the director national intelligence, director dennis blair. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here this evening. their way to many friends in the audience for me to tell my usual stories. you have either heard them before or know that they are wrong, so i will have to make it up he

at this point, omar minaya has been inclined to say no as far as cutting a deal for a power bat in returnor a young pitcher. that's something veal to think about here in the dead -- something he'll have to think about here in the deadline for trades coming and whether or not he can get his first baseman delgado back by the end of july. 1-0 delivery a strike on the outside corner ninth inning. melvin mora. mora struck out, grounded out and hit into a big double play this the sixth inning. orioles had a couple of runs on the homer by markakis. huff got a single. nobody out. then, the double play hit into by mora. that got pelfrey out of what looked like this might be a big inning. >> jim: yeah, you're down 4-0. you get one, two, three, four, five, six -- 6-7 players on base. only get two runs. that was the markakis home run. >> gary: that one down the line in right field. that's going to fall in. it's a base hit for melvin mora. picked up by ryan church. he'll get it back in. so, mora has a single to lead off the ninth inning. >> jim: well, their closer is still up in the bullpen,francisco

in may, 2008, pastor omar gutierrez was arrested and charge with human trafficking. when no evidence was found to try the charges, he is now in prison. a man who has been dedicated to his religion now faces years in prison. 30 angellecal pastors were arrested by cuban authority. this is a clear attack on religion by the castro regime. we hear that two castro spies may be working among us in our government for decades. it's crucial that the united states government move slowly and cautious with cuba. the administration must not go forward with cuba until congress is fully briefed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. pitts: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: during a speak last week at a beijing university in china, timothy geithner was laughed at when he ensured that the chinese government can continue with their loans with u.s. at the same time federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was here on